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(mu
nay hutoo kay aakhee jeebh aakhee bhasha)
(may thoonky nakhi chay)
Facts
Quotes/facts
Content
1. The poet writes about losing her tongue = forgetting how to speak her Mother tongue.
2. But then, as she dreams, her mother tongue re-asserts itself
3. She writes for a while in Gujarati, then translates it for us.
4. Transcribed phonetically
5. Then translated
munay hutoo
It grows back
Use of Language
1. First person
2. The image of a tongue
I my
I have lost my tongue
Structure
1. Free verse
2. One stanza
3. Middle section in Gujarati
Explanation/effects
YOUR feelings
As we grow older, we lose some of the habits and practices of our childhood and sometimes we like to return to them!